NURS 5423 Exam 1 Questions and
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Folic Acid is necessary to prevent - ✔✔NTD
.4-.8 mg daily to reduce risk of open neural tube defects during neural tube
closure
Most common obesity related birth defects - ✔✔NTD's, heart defects and
cleft palate
What does gtpal stand for? - ✔✔GTPAL stands for Gravidity (number of
pregnancies including current)
Term (number of pregnancies carried to 37+ weeks),
Preterm (number of pregnancies carried between 20 and 36.6 weeks),
Abortion (number of losses prior to 20 weeks), and
Living (number of living children).
Presumptive Signs of pregnancy - ✔✔Amenorrhea
Breast Tenderness
fatigue
frequent urination
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Quickening
Uterine Englargment
Probable signs of pregnancy - ✔✔Fetal Outlines
Pregnancy Test
Ballotable fetus
Braxton hicks contractions
Goodell's sign (softening of cervix)
Hegar's Sign (softening of lower 1/3 of uterus)
Chadwick's sign (blue cervix)
Positive signs of pregnancy - ✔✔auscultation of fetal heartbeat
ultrasound of fetus
Fetal movement felt by provider
Fundal height discrepancy of what requires further investigation - ✔✔>2 cm
Fundal height at lower edge of umbilicus? - ✔✔20 cm
Fundal height at pelvis - ✔✔12 weeks
Fundal height almost to xiphoid - ✔✔34-36 wk
Fundal height 1/2 way between symphysis and umbilicus - ✔✔16 wk
fundal height 1/2 way between umbilicus and xiphoid - ✔✔28 wk